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Item Plastic Legacies: Pollution, Persistence, and Politics(Athabasca University Press, 13/07/2021) Farrelly, T; Taffel, S; Shaw, IThere is virtually nowhere on Earth today that remains untouched by plastic and ecosystems are evolving to adapt to this new context. While plastics have revolutionized our modern world, new and often unforeseen effects of plastic and its production are continually being discovered. Plastics are entangled in multiple ecological and social crises, from the plasticization of the oceans to the embeddedness of plastics in political hierarchies. The complexities surrounding the global plastic crisis require an interdisciplinary approach and the materialities of plastic demand new temporalities of thought and action. Plastic Legacies brings together scholars from the fields of marine biology, psychology, anthropology, environmental studies, Indigenous studies, and media studies to investigate and address the urgent socio-ecological challenges brought about by plastics. Contributors consider the unpredictable nature of plastics and weigh actionable solutions and mitigation processes against the ever-changing situation. Moving beyond policy changes, this volume offers a critique of neoliberal approaches to tackling the plastics crisis and explores how politics and communicative action are key to implementing social, cultural, and economic change.Item Communication Issues in Aotearoa New Zealand(22/12/2014) Dodson, G; Papoutsaki, EThis edited volume introduces highlights of the academic interests and research activities of a number of staff at Unitec’s Department of Communication Studies, demonstrating the breadth and scope of the engagement of this academic collective with contemporary communication issues. Edited by Giles Dodson and Evangelia Papoutsaki, it is clear from the work that communication in Aotearoa New Zealand remains complex and continually under negotiation, as this country continues to be formed and reformed by processes of cultural encounter, by political and institutional change and by voices seeking to assert, to contest and to claim their presence – to represent and to be represented within contemporary New ZealandItem Forage plant ecophysiology(MDPI, 17/08/2017) Matthew, CThis edition is a reprint of the Special Issue published online in the open access journal Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472) from 2015–2017 (available at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture/special_issues/forage_plant_ecophysiology).Item Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2(Massey University School of English and Media Studies, 26/11/2015) Ross, JJMPoetry NZ, New Zealand’s longest-running poetry magazine, showcases new writing from this country and overseas. It presents the work of talented newcomers and developing writers as well as that of established leaders in the field. This issue features the poetry of Robert Sullivan, of Māori (Ngā Puhi – Ngāti Manu/Ngāti Hau – & Kāi Tahu) and Galway Irish descent. He is the Head of the School of Creative Writing at Manukau Institute of Technology in South Auckland, and has published seven poetry collections to date.Item Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 1(Massey University School of English and Media Studies, 28/10/2014) Ross, JJMNew Zealand’s longest-running poetry magazine, edited by Jack Ross, showcases new writing from this country and overseas. It presents the work of talented newcomers and developing writers as well as that of established leaders in the field. This issue features the poetry of Lisa Samuels, an especially innovative and experimental American poet now living in New Zealand, where she teaches at the University of Auckland.Item Sustainable diets and biodiversity: Directions and solutions for policy, research and action(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012) Burlingame, BA; Dernini, SItem Indigenous Peoples' food systems and well-being: Interventions and policies for healthy communities(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013) Kuhnlein, H; Erasmus, B; Spigelski, D; Burlingame, BAItem The forgotten tribe: Scientists as writers(The WAC Clearinghouse and the University Press of Colorado, 1/03/2017) Emerson LEIn The Forgotten Tribe: Scientists as Writers, Lisa Emerson offers an important corrective to the view that scientists are "poor writers, unnecessarily opaque, not interested in writing, and in need of remediation." She argues that scientists are among "the most sophisticated and flexible writers in the academy, often writing for a wider range of audiences (their immediate disciplinary peers, peers in adjacent fields, a broad scientific audience, industry, and a range of public audiences including social media) than most other faculty." Moreover, she notes, the often collaborative and multidisciplinary nature of their work results in writing practices that "may be more socially complex, and require more articulation, mediation, and interpersonal communication, and more use of advanced media and technology than those of faculty in other disciplines." Drawing on extensive interviews with scientists, Emerson argues that writing scholars have "engaged in a form of cultural appropriation" that has worked against a deeper understanding of the contexts in which scientists work and the considerations they bring to their writing. Emerson grounds her analysis in the voices of scientists in a way that allows us to understand not only how they approach writing but also how we might usefully teach writing in the sciences. The Forgotten Tribe offers a valuable contribution to our understanding of scientific writing, allowing us to hear voices that are seldom included in our discussions of this critical area.Item The cookbook: A discussion on the process, pitfalls and successes of hacking an open textbook(Otago University, New Zealand, 16/05/2014) Pearson EEThis document represents the process and reflections on the creation and curation of an open source 'texthack' for a media studies textbook for students in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. This document is provided as a resource for anyone contemplating a similar texthack project. Suggestions on processes and issues for consideration are presented along with information about success and difficulties of this specific project.Item Editorial: A Live Tradition(Massey University Press, 10/01/2018) Ross J; Ross, JAn introduction to the life and work of Alistair Paterson, our featured poet in this issue
